Easybooking

EasyBooking is a rule-based group-matching system used to automatically determine which permission group a user belongs to when they log in through a library’s Identity Provider (IDP) such as Polaris, Sirsi, SIP2, or Innovative. It is a configuration and rules engine inside the access-control or room-booking platform.
Its purpose is to evaluate user data returned by an IDP and automatically assign each user to the correct permission group.

It decides:

• What a user is allowed to book

• What spaces or services they can access

• What restrictions or privileges apply

EasyBooking is used to dynamically assign users to booking permission groups based on their attributes.

Examples of user attributes used:

• Age

• Barcode prefix

• Membership type

• Status (Active/Inactive)

• Tags or categories

• Custom fields returned by the IDP

Instead of manually assigning permissions, EasyBooking uses predefined rules to:

• Automatically match users to groups. Example:

  • If age is 12–18 → Youth Access Group

  • If barcode starts with “PRM” → Premium Group

• Enforce business rules. Example:

  • Students may book gym rooms

  • Seniors may access specific services

  • Youth may book study rooms only

• Handle multi-value attributes. It evaluates attributes like: "premium,beta,student"using configurable logic:

  • First value only

  • Any value

  • Integrate various library systems.

EasyBooking is used only if the IDP does not already provide a group. If the IDP sends a GroupName, EasyBooking rules are skipped.

• Apply priorities.

Groups with the lowest priority number are evaluated first, and the first match wins.

Where EasyBooking Fits in the System

• User logs in through an IDP

• System retrieves user data

• EasyBooking evaluates all active rule groups

• First matching group is selected

• User receives the corresponding permission group

• If nothing matches → default group is applied